~ROFMN_00000790

I didn't know where to ask this, since a Google search turned up nothing
substantive.

I have a Dell XPS400 with Windows MCE SP3. Any help would be appreciated.

I think it would help if you told everyone where on your computer you found
the file.

"K2NNJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:F5120C11-4FE0-46C2-9E36-(E-Mail Removed)...
> ~ROFMN_00000790
>
> I didn't know where to ask this, since a Google search turned up nothing
> substantive.
>
> I have a Dell XPS400 with Windows MCE SP3. Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>

Sorry. In the temp directory.

"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I think it would help if you told everyone where on your computer you
> found the file.
>
> "K2NNJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:F5120C11-4FE0-46C2-9E36-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> ~ROFMN_00000790
>>
>> I didn't know where to ask this, since a Google search turned up nothing
>> substantive.
>>
>> I have a Dell XPS400 with Windows MCE SP3. Any help would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Mark wrote:
> I think it would help if you told everyone where on your computer you found
> the file.
>
> "K2NNJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:F5120C11-4FE0-46C2-9E36-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> ~ROFMN_00000790
>>
>> I didn't know where to ask this, since a Google search turned up nothing
>> substantive.
>>
>> I have a Dell XPS400 with Windows MCE SP3. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Two rules of thumb:

1. Files with random names are often (but not inevitably) malware.
2. Files in Temp directories can safely be deleted (if you've just
installed something that requires a reboot, do the reboot first then
clear the Temp directory).

Thus ... delete the file and don't worry about it anymore.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

I've rebooted numerous times and the file reappears. I use Trend Micro and
it didn't catch it as malware. Neither did the MS malicious software
removal tool and TM's RUbotted.

I have been trying to delete it but windows tells me I can't.

"Lem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Mark wrote:
>> I think it would help if you told everyone where on your computer you
>> found the file.
>>
>> "K2NNJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:F5120C11-4FE0-46C2-9E36-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> ~ROFMN_00000790
>>>
>>> I didn't know where to ask this, since a Google search turned up nothing
>>> substantive.
>>>
>>> I have a Dell XPS400 with Windows MCE SP3. Any help would be
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> Two rules of thumb:
>
> 1. Files with random names are often (but not inevitably) malware.
> 2. Files in Temp directories can safely be deleted (if you've just
> installed something that requires a reboot, do the reboot first then clear
> the Temp directory).
>
> Thus ... delete the file and don't worry about it anymore.
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP
>
> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

You can use Process Explorer (Google it.) to see which program is using it.
Some programs create a temp file when they run for various purposes. It is
probably harmless.
Louis

"K2NNJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've rebooted numerous times and the file reappears. I use Trend Micro
and
> it didn't catch it as malware. Neither did the MS malicious software
> removal tool and TM's RUbotted.
>
> I have been trying to delete it but windows tells me I can't.
>
> "Lem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Mark wrote:
> >> I think it would help if you told everyone where on your computer you
> >> found the file.
> >>
> >> "K2NNJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:F5120C11-4FE0-46C2-9E36-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>> ~ROFMN_00000790
> >>>
> >>> I didn't know where to ask this, since a Google search turned up
nothing
> >>> substantive.
> >>>
> >>> I have a Dell XPS400 with Windows MCE SP3. Any help would be
> >>> appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Two rules of thumb:
> >
> > 1. Files with random names are often (but not inevitably) malware.
> > 2. Files in Temp directories can safely be deleted (if you've just
> > installed something that requires a reboot, do the reboot first then
clear
> > the Temp directory).
> >
> > Thus ... delete the file and don't worry about it anymore.
> >
> > --
> > Lem -- MS-MVP
> >
> > To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> > http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
>
>

K2NNJ wrote:
> I've rebooted numerous times and the file reappears. I use Trend Micro and
> it didn't catch it as malware. Neither did the MS malicious software
> removal tool and TM's RUbotted.
>
> I have been trying to delete it but windows tells me I can't.
>
> "Lem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Mark wrote:
>>> I think it would help if you told everyone where on your computer you
>>> found the file.
>>>
>>> "K2NNJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:F5120C11-4FE0-46C2-9E36-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> ~ROFMN_00000790
>>>>
>>>> I didn't know where to ask this, since a Google search turned up nothing
>>>> substantive.
>>>>
>>>> I have a Dell XPS400 with Windows MCE SP3. Any help would be
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> Two rules of thumb:
>>
>> 1. Files with random names are often (but not inevitably) malware.
>> 2. Files in Temp directories can safely be deleted (if you've just
>> installed something that requires a reboot, do the reboot first then clear
>> the Temp directory).
>>
>> Thus ... delete the file and don't worry about it anymore.
>>
>> --
>> Lem -- MS-MVP
>>
>> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
>> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
>
>

The story evolves ...

When you say ... the file reappears ... do you mean that you delete,
reboot and the file is back? Or (given your next statement that Windows
tells you that you can't delete the file) do you simply mean that after
several reboots the file has not gone away?

Assuming you mean the latter, the usual reason that Windows won't let
you delete a file is that it is in use my some application. There are
any number of ways to delete such files, but here are two relatively
easy methods (I assume that you've already tried to delete it after
closing all running applications):

1. Boot into Safe Mode and try to delete the file.

2. If method 1 doesn't work,

- open a Command Prompt window and navigate to the directory where the
file is located
- open Task Manager
- find explorer.exe in the list of processes and "End Process." DO NOT
CLOSE TASK MANAGER.
- go back to the Command Prompt window and delete the file
- go back to Task Manager, click on File > New Task, enter
"explorer.exe" (without quotes) and click OK.
- close Task Manager and the Command Prompt window.

--73--

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

I'll try that and post back.

"Lem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> K2NNJ wrote:
>> I've rebooted numerous times and the file reappears. I use Trend Micro
>> and it didn't catch it as malware. Neither did the MS malicious software
>> removal tool and TM's RUbotted.
>>
>> I have been trying to delete it but windows tells me I can't.
>>
>> "Lem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Mark wrote:
>>>> I think it would help if you told everyone where on your computer you
>>>> found the file.
>>>>
>>>> "K2NNJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:F5120C11-4FE0-46C2-9E36-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> ~ROFMN_00000790
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't know where to ask this, since a Google search turned up
>>>>> nothing
>>>>> substantive.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a Dell XPS400 with Windows MCE SP3. Any help would be
>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> Two rules of thumb:
>>>
>>> 1. Files with random names are often (but not inevitably) malware.
>>> 2. Files in Temp directories can safely be deleted (if you've just
>>> installed something that requires a reboot, do the reboot first then
>>> clear the Temp directory).
>>>
>>> Thus ... delete the file and don't worry about it anymore.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lem -- MS-MVP
>>>
>>> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
>>> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
>>
>>
>
> The story evolves ...
>
> When you say ... the file reappears ... do you mean that you delete,
> reboot and the file is back? Or (given your next statement that Windows
> tells you that you can't delete the file) do you simply mean that after
> several reboots the file has not gone away?
>
> Assuming you mean the latter, the usual reason that Windows won't let
> you delete a file is that it is in use my some application. There are
> any number of ways to delete such files, but here are two relatively
> easy methods (I assume that you've already tried to delete it after
> closing all running applications):
>
> 1. Boot into Safe Mode and try to delete the file.
>
> 2. If method 1 doesn't work,
>
> - open a Command Prompt window and navigate to the directory where the
> file is located
> - open Task Manager
> - find explorer.exe in the list of processes and "End Process." DO NOT
> CLOSE TASK MANAGER.
> - go back to the Command Prompt window and delete the file
> - go back to Task Manager, click on File > New Task, enter "explorer.exe"
> (without quotes) and click OK.
> - close Task Manager and the Command Prompt window.
>
> --73--
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP
>
> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

When I kill explorer.exe the file goes away. The file only reappears when I
go into the temp folder. Also nothing showed up in Process Explorer. I
don't think it's a process.

I am guessing it's assoc with a program, but one would think a google search
would would tell me something.

"Lem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> K2NNJ wrote:
>> I've rebooted numerous times and the file reappears. I use Trend Micro
>> and it didn't catch it as malware. Neither did the MS malicious software
>> removal tool and TM's RUbotted.
>>
>> I have been trying to delete it but windows tells me I can't.
>>
>> "Lem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Mark wrote:
>>>> I think it would help if you told everyone where on your computer you
>>>> found the file.
>>>>
>>>> "K2NNJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:F5120C11-4FE0-46C2-9E36-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> ~ROFMN_00000790
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't know where to ask this, since a Google search turned up
>>>>> nothing
>>>>> substantive.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a Dell XPS400 with Windows MCE SP3. Any help would be
>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> Two rules of thumb:
>>>
>>> 1. Files with random names are often (but not inevitably) malware.
>>> 2. Files in Temp directories can safely be deleted (if you've just
>>> installed something that requires a reboot, do the reboot first then
>>> clear the Temp directory).
>>>
>>> Thus ... delete the file and don't worry about it anymore.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lem -- MS-MVP
>>>
>>> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
>>> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
>>
>>
>
> The story evolves ...
>
> When you say ... the file reappears ... do you mean that you delete,
> reboot and the file is back? Or (given your next statement that Windows
> tells you that you can't delete the file) do you simply mean that after
> several reboots the file has not gone away?
>
> Assuming you mean the latter, the usual reason that Windows won't let
> you delete a file is that it is in use my some application. There are
> any number of ways to delete such files, but here are two relatively
> easy methods (I assume that you've already tried to delete it after
> closing all running applications):
>
> 1. Boot into Safe Mode and try to delete the file.
>
> 2. If method 1 doesn't work,
>
> - open a Command Prompt window and navigate to the directory where the
> file is located
> - open Task Manager
> - find explorer.exe in the list of processes and "End Process." DO NOT
> CLOSE TASK MANAGER.
> - go back to the Command Prompt window and delete the file
> - go back to Task Manager, click on File > New Task, enter "explorer.exe"
> (without quotes) and click OK.
> - close Task Manager and the Command Prompt window.
>
> --73--
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP
>
> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Perhaps the "~ROFMN_" part stands for "Rolling on the floor making noises"?


"PD43" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "K2NNJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I've rebooted numerous times and the file reappears. I use Trend Micro
>>and
>>it didn't catch it as malware. Neither did the MS malicious software
>>removal tool and TM's RUbotted.
>
> That's what is technically known as a "clue".